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Liquid Crystal Elastomers [PDF]
, 2015 The graduation work presents liquid crystal elastomers (LCE), which are made from liqid crystals and elastomers. Their main microscopic properties are orientation, positional order and the smectic order to the layer normal.
Žebovec, Marta
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Liquid crystal elastomers for actuation: A perspective on structure-property-function relation
Progress in Polymer ScienceZhi-Chao Jiang, Yao-Yu Xiao
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Biological liquid crystal elastomers [PDF]
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 2002 Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) have recently been described as a new class of matter. Here we review the evidence for the novel conclusion that the fibrillar collagens and the dragline silks of orb web spiders belong to this remarkable class of materials. Unlike conventional rubbers, LCEs are ordered, rather than disordered, at rest.
David P, Knight, Fritz, Vollrath
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Preparation of Monodomain Liquid Crystal Elastomers and Liquid Crystal Elastomer Nanocomposites [PDF]
Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2016 LCEs are shape-responsive materials with fully reversible shape change and potential applications in medicine, tissue engineering, artificial muscles, and as soft robots. Here, we demonstrate the preparation of shape-responsive liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) and LCE nanocomposites along with characterization of their shape-responsiveness, mechanical ...
Kim, Hojin +7 more
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Liquid crystal-based elastomers in tissue engineering [PDF]
, 2022 Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) play role in tissue engineering investigations, with the combination of orientational ordering generated by liquid crystal (LC) moieties and the elastic capabilities of polymers.
Tuncgovde E.B. +2 more
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Caloric effects in liquid crystal-based soft materials
JPhys Energy, 2023 With the increased environmental awareness, the search for environmentally friendlier heat-management techniques has been the topic of many scientific studies.
Dejvid Črešnar +10 more
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Flexo-Ionic Effect of Ionic Liquid Crystal Elastomers
Molecules, 2021 The first study of the flexo-ionic effect, i.e., mechanical deformation-induced electric signal, of the recently discovered ionic liquid crystal elastomers (iLCEs) is reported.
C. P. Hemantha Rajapaksha +9 more
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Liquid crystal elastomers wrinkling [PDF]
Nonlinearity, 2021 Abstract When a liquid crystal elastomer layer is bonded to an elastic layer, it creates a bilayer with interesting properties that can be activated by applying traction at the boundaries or by optothermal stimulation. Here, we examine wrinkling responses in three-dimensional nonlinear systems containing a monodomain liquid crystal ...
Alain Goriely, L Angela Mihai
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A theoretical model for power generation via liquid crystal elastomers [PDF]
, 2023 Motivated by the need for new materials and green energy production and conversion processes, a class of mathematical models for liquid crystal elastomers integrated within a theoretical charge pump electrical circuit is considered.
Mihai, L. Angela
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Nature Communications, 2021 Pre-patterning director fields into liquid crystal elastomers enables programmed morphing upon actuation. Guo et al. realize 3D skeletal assemblies with previously non-achievable director fields and morphing modes.
Yubing Guo +4 more
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